Pain in Aging Community-Dwelling Adults in the United States: Non-Hispanic Whites, Non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-84

  Reyes Gibby, Cielito C ^a   Aday, Lu Ann ^b   Todd, Knox H ^c   Cleeland, Charles S ^a   Anderson, Karen O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; disparities; epidemiology; ethnicity; Pain; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845872008     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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